Rear Speakers?

[AZFox]

Not 100% sure if it will work but I am hoping I can link two/three JBL speakers together via Bluetooth and then place them where I want them. I already have one of the speakers so I think I just need to buy a second matching one to pair it up. Don’t know what it will sound like but at least give me some front back feeling. Keeping power to them is something I plan to look into.

I have this same idea.

True Wireless Stereo (TWS) works really well. I have multiple pairs (various sizes) of speakers paired up and they all sound great when played that way. Much better than mono.

One advantage to doing it this way is you could remove the Bluetooth speakers and set them on top of the cab for tailgating, which is something I plan to do a lot of.

 

[mikehell]

Not 100% sure if it will work but I am hoping I can link two/three JBL speakers together via Bluetooth and then place them where I want them. I already have one of the speakers so I think I just need to buy a second matching one to pair it up. Don’t know what it will sound like but at least give me some front back feeling. Keeping power to them is something I plan to look into.

I want to go old school and just run wires to the speakers.

 

[Slatester89]

I want to go old school and just run wires to the speakers.

You still can with BT. They won't be operational and you can use black tape to secure them to the speaker then everyone will think you are so "old school".



b.

 

[AZFox]

In my golf cart a pair of TWS-paired speakers in the tray behind the bench seat sound better than I would have expected.

I mention this because setting a TWS pair of speakers behind the seats in a Slate pickup may work "well enough", if not pretty darn well, depending on which speaker model you set back there.

And they wouldn't be visible to Opportunist Speaker Snatchers when you park somewhere.

 

[mikehell]

You still can with BT. They won't be operational and you can use black tape to secure them to the speaker then everyone will think you are so "old school".



b.

Wired speakers will almost always sound better than Bluetooth speakers.

 

[AZFox]

Wired speakers will almost always sound better than Bluetooth speakers.

That's an accurate general statement.

That said, in a vehicle BT audio via advanced codecs and a decent DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that's as good as, or better than, the one in your phone would be indistinguishable, and cold even sound better than wired.

 

[mikehell]

That's an accurate general statement.

That said, in a vehicle BT audio via advanced codecs and a decent DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that's as good as, or better than, the one in your phone) wold be indistinguishable, and cold even sound better than wired.

Yeah, it's possible, but that's not typical. I'm sure the speakers from Slate aren't super high quality. Regardless, I'm planning on putting in an Android Auto head unit. As far as I know, all in-dash units are setup for wired speakers. We ran speaker wire in cars back in the old days, so I'm sure it's still possible

 

[Luxrage]

I'm looking forward to when people first get their hands on Slates, popping the door cards off and we can finally see what's inside those doors and other compartments. There's gotta be some cavities behind the seats and other places where we can stuff at least some 6''s in!

 

[kvermeer]

I think the best solution for mounting rear speakers is a pair of these bolted in above the wheel wells:

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_419SB6X9BL/SPL-Boxes-SB6X9-BL.html?tp=75847

Run some wires forward to your head unit and screw some nice 3-ways into the boxes!